The french government and all political parties are currently
drafting amendments and making public statements. That could be interpreted
as a will to quickly re-open the debate.

The amendment that originaly imposed DRM to every data transfer
software was rewritten
but is still vastly unacceptable and could cause critical problems
to many free software authors and distributors. People behind EUCD.INFO are actively working to convince
the government and the members of the parliament to withdraw this amendment.

It is not too difficult to explain to the members of the parliament
that the above amendment is contradictory with the format,
protocol and encryption methods that was voted with a large
majority on 22 December 2005, with support from the government. It is
harder to convince the government because it repeatedly supported the
idea of the software author being responsible for the unlawful use of
her or his software.

...I would like to ask you to take all necessary steps in order to protect the rights of the authors and users of free software, especially those who are involved in the GNU Project (the free software produced by the GNU community has been classified amongst the "World Heritage" list established by UNESCO), and to ensure that the use of their software will not be prohibited on French territory.